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Letters Patent No. 96,425, dated November 2, 1869'.

IMPROVEMENT HORSE HAY-RAKES.

* new- The Schedule referred to in ,tliese Letters Patent; making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP M GUNDLACIL ot' Belleville, in the county of' St. Clair, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Revolving Hayltake; andi do hereby declare that the following is a full,- clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying.:I drawings, making part of' this specication, in .which-- Figure 1, plate 1, is a perspective view of the iin- 4proved rake complete.

Figure 2, plate l, is a section through thc rakehead, and through the iianged collar, to which the handle is applied.

Figure 3, plate 1, is a section taken through the rake-head on one' side of'v the iianged collar.

Iligures 4 and 5, plate 1, are enlarged views of the flanged collar.

Figure (i, plate 2, is a. top view of the rake.

Figure 7, pla-te 2, is an end view of' one of the thimbles which are applied to the'rakehezul.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

lhis invention relates to certain novel improvements which are applicable to revolving hay-fakes ot' ,that class which are not mounted upon wheels, 'and which have tines extending fi'om opposite sides of a turning head.

The nature' ot' my invention consists` First, in applying caps or thimbles upon the extremities of' thel rake-head, in suoli manner that grass will he prevented from entanglingwith or winding around the head at those points where the draughtchaius are attached to it, as will be hereinafter explained.

Second, in a novel combination of an adjustable tooth-carrying spring with the rake-handle and the grooved collar, all as and for the purpose hereinafter described.

'Io enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

ln the accompanying'drawings- A represents the rake-head, through which the teeth l B are passed, andro which these teeth are rigidly. s'ecured.

Into the ends ot' the head A, cylindrical pins d are driven', and suitably secured and upon theprotruding portions of' these pins d, circular thiinbles a and eyepieces bare slipped, and kept in place by means of linchpins e, passed through the ends of the pins d, outside of the closed ends of the thinlbles a, as shown clearly in figs. 6 and 7, plat-e2. h

The enlarged portions of the thimliles are fitted loosely over the enls of' the head A, so as to cap or cover these ends, and prevent' grass from winding around them.

The eye-pieces l are short metal plates, having holes.

through both ends, These pieces are inserted through slotsv n'iade through the thirnbles, previous to applying the thitnbles upon the rake-head, so that, in the act of'. slipping the thimbles on the ends of the rake-head and pinsd, the latter will receive the eye-pieces b, and form the connections. v

It will be seen, by reference to tig, 6, that I oo nstiuct the thimblesa with pa-ittions in them. through the centres of which holes are made, for receiving the pins d through them.

Between these partit-ions and the ends of the rakehead A, the eye-pieces areconnected to the pins d, so

'that grass is eectuallyexcluded froni the eye-pieces at their points of' connection with the pins d.

Those ends of the eye-pieces b which protrude through the thimbles have links C connected to them by shackles, which links are son ewhat longer'than the rake-teeth B, and are connecte together by a bai-,.D.

Ilie 'bar D and its links O C constitute a. fiex-ible draught-flame, to which the horses, for Vdrawing the rake,l are hitched, and through which the draught is applied to the pin d. v

Ihis frame D G C will allow the rake-head to'be t-urned,'fhr discharging loads, without interfering with the teeth, by reason 4ofthe bar D keeping the long links C C out of range of' the teeth nearest theex trelnities ot' the rake-head.

The thimbles aa completely enclose the extremities Y of the rake-head, and also those eyes of the eye-pieces b b through Vwhich the journal-pins d d pass. Consequently, grass will not be liable to wind around', nor clog the rake-head atits points of connection to the draught-links.

The handle F, by which the attendant controls the movements of' the rake, is connected to the rake-head at or near the middle-of its length, by means of a.'

strap, f, which embraces loosely an annular grooved portion of' a collar, G, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

Ihis collar G is constructed of two seniicircular parts or halves, with lugs g g formed uponV them; and, when fitted together, as shown in the drawings, their abutting edges laplat i z'.

-By means of` the bolts g' g', which pass through the lugs g y, and throughthe rake-head, the two halves of the collar are rigidly secured to the rake-head.

By removing the saidrbolts, the collar can he taken off therake-head without removingl a single raketooth.

One of the anniilar flanges of the collar G has notches, t' t', made into its pem'phery, diametrically opposite each other, which notches are adapted f'or receiving a tooth or latch, t, which is upon a spring, s.

The tooth t is formed on one end of a. screw, J",

which is passed up through the free end of spring s,

and secured, by a. nut, on top of this spring.

The screw is braced, so as to resist the strains upon its tooth t, by means of an adjustable. hooked brace, J, and the hooked portion r, which passes through one of several lholes made through the screw J lhe spring s is confined rigidly to""one side of the -handle 11 by means 'of a wedge, W', and box P, and

the wedge is held in its place by a removable piu, 1), which is inserted thro'ugh the handle at the rear end of this wedge.

By loosening the Wedge W, and adjusting the bra-ce J,the handle )ic-.in be inclined more or less; then, by tightening the wedge again, the handle will retain the adjusted position.

By depressing the rear end of the handle F, the tooth tand the rake-head, with its teeth, can be turned, so as to discharge a. load, and bring the opposite set Witnesses:

PHILIP? SCHUCK, HENRY WEBEn. 

